I have been dicking around with the coding and features on the Beemer for a while now. It has* the RR voice and warning chimes (very classy) the M dials, Start/Stop defaults to off on power up, the tyre pressures also give temperature, the boot can be closed from the switch on the door, - various little enhancements like that
Anyway, got the car booked in at my BMW indy for a service today, so earlier this week I thought I would have a look at the stored error codes, and clear them. While doing that I had a check at what new coding features were available, and one i have wanted for a while became available. - The ability to change the amount the l/door mirror dipped on reverse.
So I back up the body module code, change the mirror parameter, load the new config, and it fails. Big time.
So I reload the old config - and it fails in the same big time. I disconnect the battery overnight, try to recover the code and its still dead.
Here is the amusing part. the list of weird stuff.
It thinks its L/H drive, but its got r/h switches. So the left window switch operates the right window, but only down - no up. So once down they stay down
It wont go unless the seat belt is done up., no sport mode, no adaptive mode, auto box works but the steering wheel paddles don't, engine is stuck in economy, suspension in sport, auto hold says its on but its not, boot goes down but not up, steering weight varies in some strange hybrid mode between twitchy and sluggish depending on the minute of the day, car will only lock when the engine is running, claims MPG is 3 and various other amusing shiesse.
So off we go to the garage, and I fess up right away lest they think the electronics is fried, so in addition to the service they download and load the cars software at a cost of an hours labour and much amusement.
Last edited by: VxFan on Fri 2 Sep 22 at 20:34
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